The day Leah Rogne telephoned to advise me that she was visiting Vandalia on July 13 to research her great-grandfather, William H. Brown who moved from Kaskaskia to Vandalia very early, and needed my help; I will confess I didn’t know much about the man.
What I did know about the man was that William H. Brown came to Vandalia from Kaskaskia with the capitol. He was an attorney who did some notable things that I could not remember and then disappeared.

This week's photo: The boy and older girl still live here; the boy works for the Corps of Engineers, and the girl works at a local bank. The two younger girls also grew up here and now live in Indianapolis, Ind.

1996 – The Vandalia City Council agreed that it was too late to move ahead with plans to put before city voters a referendum on a change in the form of local government.
Travis Blain ran for 160 yards as the Vandalia Vandals defeated Nokomis, 21-0, in football action.
The new work camp at Vandalia Correctional Center was ready to begin operations.

Madricka, the mother burro …
… baby Buckwheat Burro’s mother, gave us a scare Monday morning, as she was lying down and couldn’t seem to get up.
She had been eating well, drinking water and seemed to be fine until this morning.
We called her OB-GYN veteranarian, Dr. Bristow, who arrived shortly after our call with his assistant, Taylor, and they thoroughly examined Madricka, and as she is so sweet and gentle, she cooperated nicely as they took her temperature, drew blood and checked her body for any problems.

Sunday School Kickoff
Next Sunday, Sept. 11, will be the first Sunday school session at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. It will begins at 10:30 a.m. and end at 11:15 a.m.
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Worship attendance on Sunday morning was 132.
The organist was the Rev. Alan Holtz.
Cameron Brandt served as acolyte.
Attending elders were Brien Guy and Paul Reynolds.
Remember in Your Prayers
• Those with health concerns:
-Eva Alcorn
-Joe, Carissa and unborn Emrick twins

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thursday, September 1
• St. Elmo Business Association, noon, Mary Ann’s Restaurant.
• St. Elmo Women’s Civic Club, 7 p.m., St. Elmo Public Library.
Saturday, September 3
• See the day’s complete schedule in the St. Elmo News.
Sunday, September 4
• See the day’s complete schedule in the St. Elmo News.
Monday, September 5
• See the day’s complete schedule in the St. Elmo News.
Tuesday, September 6